Bill Oliver wrote: >> As a matter of interest, what is the point of NetworkManager-openvpn? >> I'm running NetworkManager under Fedora-19/KDE on my laptop, >> and I'm also running OpenVPN. >> Both seem to be working fine, >> so what is the point of installing NetworkManager-openvpn? > It lets me control VPN using the "Manage Connections" button on the KDE > NetworkManager widget -- whatever that's called. Otherwise I have to > configure and run it by hand, and I'm too lazy to do that. This way, I > just choose "Manage Connections" -> VPN -> Import and choose my config > file.
What does "control VPN" mean? I only use openvpn to login to remote computers. What do you use it for? If I want to login to xyz-vpn I just say "ssh -Y xyz-vpn". Actually I've set it up so I just click on buttons to access the remote machines I'm interested in. > My VPN provider actually gives me three or four location options, and some > are faster than others on any given day. Using NetworkManager allows me > to switch between them with a mouse click. Do you really need a NetworkManager plugin to do that? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
